Example sentences of "[noun] for a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final period of the Kettering scheme came when in 1938 the Cassell Trustees agreed to renew their grant for a further two years on a reducing scale with a concluding sum of £50 in 1940 to extinguish their support . |
| 2 | The daughters of a man who died after breathing asbestos dust are suing his employers British Rail for a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 3 | He was immediately seized and thrown into prison , where he remained in chains for a further seventeen years , finally falling sick and dying before a suddenly contrite Alfonso could order his chains removed . |
| 4 | Extend your stay and travel , by air , to Cairo , for a 3 night stay , before returning to Luxor for a final 4 nights to unwind . |
| 5 | Jim Baxter was transferred to Rangers for £27 , 000 but in a strange inter-club arrangement he was retained at Starks Park for a further three months . |
| 6 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 7 | We would also like to ask permission to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks to aid viewing . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , Pateman sought a renewal of the grant and received a reduced , conditional offer from the Trust of renewal for one year if the District could secure alternative funding for a further two years . |
| 9 | The Presidency and the leaders of the six republics agreed measures on Aug. 20-21 to keep the federation functioning at a minimum economic and political level for a further three months , with trade continuing between the republics and a monetary policy which would allow the country to pay its foreign creditors . |
| 10 | Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks . |
| 11 | Some antelopes have been recorded fleeing at 42 miles an hour for a mile , or 35 miles an hour for 4 miles , and deer have been able to sustain 30 miles an hour for an astonishing 20 miles . |
| 12 | There 's also more support for an extra 40 police to bring the Gloucestershire force up to strength . |
| 13 | After blocking free protein binding sites with 0.5% Tween 20 ( Sigma ) for 2 hours , the filter was incubated with patient 's sera ( diluted 1:10 in TBS with 0.5% Tween 20 ) for 30 minutes , washed in 0.5% Tween in TBS , and then incubated with the rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin conjugated with alkaline phosphatase for a further 30 minutes . |
| 14 | They held each other 's look for a long five seconds . |
| 15 | A meeting of the 12-member " inner Cabinet " on March 7 postponed any decision on the peace proposals for a further four days . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he intends to make to the Government of Israel following their decision to continue the closure of Bir Zeit university for a further three months . |
| 17 | Morrells hopes to hold the price of cask mild for a further 12 months . |
| 18 | On Aug. 26 the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha approved the extension of president 's rule in Jammu and Kashmir for a further six months from its expiry on Sept. 2 . |
| 19 | Farmers in the former East Germany are to be allowed to continue using stocks of illegal pesticides for a further two years . |
| 20 | The other family were made aware of the need for the venous sample some 24 hours before it was taken and were then not given the normal result for a further 24 hours . |
| 21 | Coronation Street began in 1960 but , as any fule kno , it did n't catch its stride for a good ten years . |
| 22 | Pat Kennedy and Gordon Brailsford , regulars at the Arsenal Tavern , have supported the club for a combined 80 years and believe a swoop for Wimbledon pair Robbie Earle and Warren Barton is the answer . |
| 23 | They then remained undisturbed in their home cages for a further 16 days before experiencing the light again . |
| 24 | Boil for 5 minutes on gentle heat then add mushroom — and simmer in a covered saucepan for a further 7 minutes . |
| 25 | Crime levels in County Durham hit an all-time high last year , but the police force is still waiting to hear if their Home Office bid for an extra 20 officers will be successful . |
| 26 | In January 1990 the UN Security Council agreed to extend the mandate for a further two months of the detachment of 40 officers from 10 countries making up the UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan ( UNGOMAP ) , created to monitor the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan as well as other aspects of the Geneva Accords of 1988 . |
| 27 | On May 9 the Lok Sabha approved a resolution extending President 's rule for a further six months from May 11 [ President 's rule had first been imposed in May 1987 — see pp. 35247-48 — and had been renewed since at six-monthly intervals ] . |
| 28 | The government announced its intention on Aug. 11 to extend president 's rule for a further six months , shelving plans for state assembly elect-ions . |
| 29 | The changes , effectively extending military rule for a further eight months , were not unexpected in the wake of the annulment of presidential primary elections on the grounds of widespread electoral malpractice , and the subsequent dissolution of the leadership of the two political parties [ p. 39130 ] . |
| 30 | The House of Commons on March 6 , 1990 , and the House of Lords on March 15 approved the continuance in force for a further 12 months of the provisions of the 1989 Prevention of Terrorism ( Temporary Provisions ) Act , which principally provided for the arrest without warrant and detention for a total of up to seven days of those suspected of involvement in terrorist offences [ see pp. 37098-99 ] . |